atténuer

See also: attenuer

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin attenuāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

atténuer

  1. (transitive) to attenuate; to mitigate

Conjugation

Conjugation of atténuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple atténuer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple atténuant
/a.te.nɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle atténué
/a.te.nɥe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present atténue
/a.te.ny/ 		atténues
/a.te.ny/ 		atténue
/a.te.ny/ 		atténuons
/a.te.nɥɔ̃/ 		atténuez
/a.te.nɥe/ 		atténuent
/a.te.ny/
imperfect atténuais
/a.te.nɥɛ/ 		atténuais
/a.te.nɥɛ/ 		atténuait
/a.te.nɥɛ/ 		atténuions
/a.te.ny.jɔ̃/ 		atténuiez
/a.te.ny.je/ 		atténuaient
/a.te.nɥɛ/
past historic2 atténuai
/a.te.nɥe/ 		atténuas
/a.te.nɥa/ 		atténua
/a.te.nɥa/ 		atténuâmes
/a.te.nɥam/ 		atténuâtes
/a.te.nɥat/ 		atténuèrent
/a.te.nɥɛʁ/
future atténuerai
/a.te.ny.ʁe/ 		atténueras
/a.te.ny.ʁa/ 		atténuera
/a.te.ny.ʁa/ 		atténuerons
/a.te.ny.ʁɔ̃/ 		atténuerez
/a.te.ny.ʁe/ 		atténueront
/a.te.ny.ʁɔ̃/
conditional atténuerais
/a.te.ny.ʁɛ/ 		atténuerais
/a.te.ny.ʁɛ/ 		atténuerait
/a.te.ny.ʁɛ/ 		atténuerions
/a.te.ny.ʁjɔ̃/ 		atténueriez
/a.te.ny.ʁje/ 		atténueraient
/a.te.ny.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present atténue
/a.te.ny/ 		atténues
/a.te.ny/ 		atténue
/a.te.ny/ 		atténuions
/a.te.ny.jɔ̃/ 		atténuiez
/a.te.ny.je/ 		atténuent
/a.te.ny/
imperfect2 atténuasse
/a.te.nɥas/ 		atténuasses
/a.te.nɥas/ 		atténuât
/a.te.nɥa/ 		atténuassions
/a.te.nɥa.sjɔ̃/ 		atténuassiez
/a.te.nɥa.sje/ 		atténuassent
/a.te.nɥas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — atténue
/a.te.ny/ 		— atténuons
/a.te.nɥɔ̃/ 		atténuez
/a.te.nɥe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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